Was Whoops, now wood cases.

[Keith Winstanley]

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Hi Tony,

I know I am responding to a month old post but I have been giving the 
synth stuff a rest for a while, I was doing too much so I hung up my 
soldering iron for a while and went skiing and mountain climbing 
eventually finishing up in Amsterdam. I think my sanity may be returning?

>  I have seen all
> these lovely hardwood boxes on everyone else's sites, and now I want
> something better. I'm going to have to raid the local wood merchants...
> what's everyones favourite wood to use? I think the US guys have a
> better choice than we do here in the UK, but I'm looking for something
> that will match the grandieur of my engraved Schaeffer panels.

I had quite a problem tracking down any suitable 'hardwoods' in the UK 
which were affordable enough and looked good enough to justify my cabinet. 
Quite offhandedly a friend suggested I use the pre cut 'mahogany' window 
sills which are quite widely available from most wood yards. (not real 
mahogany, generic, I have been jumped all over about this before) I 
trimmed the machined curved bit off the from and spent a lot of time 
sanding but I think the result looks great. I went into wood finishing in 
some detail to get the look I wanted, varnish and lacquers just don't do 
it for me, its a false finish. So I sealed the wood with Liberon finishing 
oil (Tung oil) and then polished with Liberon Black Bison clear fine paste 
wax polish. It took some time but looks great, much better than varnish. I 
didn't stain either because I always think that looks false too.

Hope this is of some help

Keith
lovely pics of the cabinet here, though I am sure you have seen it before:
http://home.freeuk.net/lowpass